Clothes-pin



(ModeL) S. D. FRY.

Clothes Pin.

No. 241,957. Patented May 24, 1881.

N. Pulls. mwum n w, Wm m c.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE...

STEPHEN D. FRY, OF ATTIOA, INDIANA.

CLOTH ES-PiN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 241,957, dated May 24, 1881.

Application filed April 6, 1831. (ModeL) To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, STEPHEN D. FRY, of

Attica, in the county of Fountain, and in the State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clothes-Pins and I do hereby declare that the following a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, making a part of this specification.

This invention relates to an improved metallic spring clothes-pin; and it has for its objects to provide a clothes pin or clasp which will have a compound spring-action, and which can be conveniently manipulated to fasten it to or remove it from the line as more fully hereinafter specified. These objects I attain by the devices illustrated in the accompanying drawin gs, in which- Figure 1 represents a perspective view of my improved pin or clasp, and Fig. 2 a side elevation of a modification thereof.

The letter Aindicates the pin or clasp, which is constructed of a metallic spring-wire, which is bentmidwaybetween its ends into an arched form, as indicated by the letter a, the sides being carried down and then bent inward, as indicated by the letter I), and then upward, as indicated by c. The upper extremities of the wire are bent, in the form of circular or oblong loops cl, over the arch, or they may be extended above the arch and bent into the loops or eyes 6, to form a convenient means of manipulation.

It will be perceived that the sides of the arch will have a spring-action, as well as the upward branches, 0, thus forming a compound spring clasp or pin.

The pin may be applied either by pressing the loops on or above the arch or by pressing the sides of the arch, as may prove most convcnient.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s

A clothes-pin formed of spring-wire bent into the shape of an arch, a, with downwardlyextendingsides and upwardly-extending clasping-sides, c, the said sides being provided at their extremities with loops extending above the top of the arch, by which the said claspingsides may be spread apart to release the pin, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 18th day of March, 1881.

STEPHEN D. FRY.

Witnesses:

ORANGE S. TULLIs, JOHN W. Ronenns. 

